7 Black Female Comics To Check Out Before They Blow Up

Kristal Adams, IG: @TheDarkKristal

I got to know Adams through a small open mic she hosted at a grocery store/coffee shop in Los Angeles. I was instantly in awe at how she took her time on stage. No rush – and she doesn’t need to rush. The punch line is always worth the wait. Even though her career has since moved her onto bigger and better things (she was a Consulting Producer on Netflix’s recent season of “The Circle,”) Adams talks of her time driving Lyft for a living. She admits she purchased and bought adult diapers because there’s nowhere to stop and pee as a Lyft driver.  She says she bought the diapers, “Because I have something called courage…I’m a bad*ss. Do you understand the balls it takes to be actively peeing and look a passenger in her eyes? Like, ‘Hop on Judy, I’m peeing in here.’” Adams hosts the podcast “Black Rehab,” a comedy podcast about Black pop culture.